This evening I came across two verses from Proverbs chapter 18 that reminds me of the power of our spoken words.
Verses 20 and 21 tell us that the "fruit of his mouth" a man satisfies his hunger, and that life and death are in the power of his words.
In the New Testament, James writes in chapter 3 that our tongues can defile our whole body and "set on fire" the course of nature.
- Proverbs 18:20 - 21 WEB World English Bible
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20 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. -
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
Those who love it will eat its fruit. - James 3:6 WEB
- And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Brothers and Sisters in the Anointed One, let us satisfy ourselves and fill our lives with good fruits from our spoken words.
